The Last Thing Ibm Needs Right Now

Vision Is Easy. It's So Easy To Just Point To The Bleachers And Say I'm Going To Hit One Over There. What's Hard Is Saying, Ok, How Do I Do That? What Are The Specific Programs, What Are The Commitments, What Are The Resources, What Are The Processes We Need In Play To Go Implement The Vision, Turn It Into A Working Model That People Follow Every Day In The Enterprise. That's Hard Work.

When I Arrived At Ibm, There Were 'team' Signs All Around. I Asked, 'how Do People Get Paid?' They Told Me, 'we Pay People Based On Individual Performance.

No Institution Will Go Through Fundamental Change Unless It Believes It Is In Deep Trouble And Needs To Do Something Different To Survive.

The Real Mechanism For Corporate Governance Is The Active Involvement Of The Owners.

This Really Is A Merger Of Equals. I Wouldn't Have Come Back To Work For Anything Less Than This Fantastic Opportunity. This Lets Me Combine My Two Great Loves - Technology And Biscuits.